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"Each and every one of those lives matters," said Ryan Eller, with the Highland Baptist Church.

To date, more than 50 people have been killed in Louisville.

Members of the congregation marched down the church aisle after picking up a white cross in memory of a person killed in an act of violence. They hammered the crosses into the ground in front of the church.

Laura Garrett read some of the names out loud.

“One of them could have gone on to discover a cure for cancer. Another maybe could've gone on to invent the next super computer," said Eller.

"For me, I think that it's an important event, because there are so many people in Louisville who think that violence is just a West End issue, but by putting the crosses on the lawn, we're saying that it's an issue for everybody," said the church's justice committee member Laura Garrett.

Shavon Ross is one of the latest young people to lose her life at the hands of a shooter. Family and friends laid her to rest Saturday afternoon.

“Today, we're mourning, we're grieving with the families. We're saying that we're standing with you. We love you, we have compassion for you," said Garrett.